Strong's H8257

שָׁקַע

Transliteration

shâqaʻ

Pronunciation

shaw-kah'

Definition

to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue

KJV usage

make deep, let down, drown, quench, sink.

Derivation

(abbreviated Amos 8:8); a primitive root;

From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Hebrew dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.